Action of 5 November 1813
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On 5 November 1813, late in the Napoleonic Wars
, a British squadron engaged in a skirmish with the French Mediterranean Fleet
, based near the port city of Toulon
. This action was part of an attempted blockade of the port by British forces. The skirmish became the subject of a painting by Thomas Luny
, entitled The Blockade of Toulon, 1810-14: Pellew's Action, 5 November 1813. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC0604
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
, a British squadron engaged in a skirmish with the French Mediterranean Fleet
French Mediterranean Fleet
CECMED is a French Armed Forces regional commander. He commands the zone, the region and the Mediterranean maritime arrondissements. He is usually an admiral of the French Navy, and is under the direct authority of the French Chief of the Defence Staff...
, based near the port city of Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
. This action was part of an attempted blockade of the port by British forces. The skirmish became the subject of a painting by Thomas Luny
Thomas Luny
Thomas Luny , born in Cornwall, probably at St Ewe, was an English artist and painter, mostly of seascapes and other marine-based works.At the age of eleven, Luny left Cornwall to live in London...
, entitled The Blockade of Toulon, 1810-14: Pellew's Action, 5 November 1813. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC0604
Britain
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- San Josef 112 (William Stewart)
- Boyne 98 (George Burlton)
- Pompée 74 (James Athol WoodJames Athol WoodSir James Athol Wood , British rear-admiral. Younger brother of Sir Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet. After serving on merchant ships for the East India Company from a young age, he entered the Royal Navy in 1774. Wood served in the navy for almost his whole life, and took part in several of the wars...
) - Scipion 74 (Henry Heathcote)
- Mulgrave 74
- Pembroke 74
- Armada 74
France
- Wagram 130 (François Legras)
- Agamemnon 74
- Ulm 74
- Magnanime 74
- Borée 74
- Pauline 40
- Melpomène 40 (Charles Beville)
- Pénélope 40
- Galatée 40